Λητώ

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

In 20th-century sources Leto is traditionally derived from Lycian lada, "wife", as her earliest cult was centered in Lycia. Lycian lada may also be the origin of the Greek name Λήδα (Lḗda, “Leda”). Other scholars (Paul Kretschmer, Erich Bethe, Pierre Chantraine and R. S. P. Beekes) have suggested a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Λητώ • (Lētṓ) f (genitive Λητοῦς); third declension

  1. Leto

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Λητώ; τῆς Λητοῦς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Λητώ
hē Lētṓ
Genitive τῆς Λητοῦς
tês Lētoûs
Dative τῇ Λητοῖ
têi Lētoî
Accusative τὴν Λητώ
tḕn Lētṓ
Vocative Λητοῖ
Lētoî
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: Leto
  • Greek: Λητώ (Litó)
  • Latin: Latona (via Λατώ (Latṓ))

References

  • “Λητώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Λητώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Λητώ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Λητώ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λητώ (Lētṓ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liˈto/
  • Hyphenation: Λη‧τώ

Proper noun

Λητώ • (Litó) f

  1. (Greek mythology) Leto (Titan goddess, mother of Apollo and Artemis by Zeus)

Declension

Declension of Λητώ
singular
nominative Λητώ (Litó)
genitive Λητώς (Litós)
accusative Λητώ (Litó)
vocative Λητώ (Litó)

Less common genitive: Λητούς

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